Lesser-Known Lewis

S3E14 Epistemology in "Light" AKA "The Man Born Blind" with Dr. Charlie W. Starr


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**SPOILER ALERT** Listen to this short story first here: ⁠"The Man Born Blind"⁠ Or find where you can read it at ⁠pintswithjack.com/essays⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this part of our conversation with Dr. Charlie W. Starr, we discuss one possible interpretation of "Light" as it pertains to "epistemology" or "how we come to know things". If this is the case, the short story helps us see how imagination and experiential knowing (which Lewis also calls "Looking Along") is as valid as rational "Looking At" ways of knowing.

Check out Charlie's book on the subject, called ⁠"Light: C. S. Lewis' First and Final Short Story"⁠.
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